Stitch's entry (2550 chars, no score (fail test-suite))
class AreaMax:
block = ()
recordset = {}
# public methods
def __init__(self, block = None):
if (block != None):
self.setBlock(block)
def calculate(self):
self.recordset = self.convertToRecordset(self.block)
return self.getHighestValueCoords(self.recordset)
def setBlock(self, block):
self.block = block
# private methods
# transforms the text string with the numerals to a multidimensional list (2d)
def convertToRecordset(self, block):
nrows = [] #
rows = block.split('\n')
for n in rows:
n.strip()
nrows.append(n.split(' '))
return nrows
# traverse the calculated 2d array to get all coords with the highest value
def getHighestValueCoords(self, recordset):
highestValue = 0
highestValueCoords = []
for x, row in enumerate(recordset):
for y, col in enumerate(row) :
currentValue = self.calculateSurrounding(self.getSurroundingValues(x, y))
if (currentValue > highestValue):
highestValueCoords = [] # reinitialize... een delete function wss
highestValueCoords.append({'x' : x, 'y' : y, 'value' : currentValue})
highestValue = col
elif (currentValue == highestValue):
highestValueCoords.append({'x' : x, 'y' : y, 'value' : currentValue})
return highestValueCoords
# calculate, out of a list of values, what the outcome is
def calculateSurrounding(self, surroundingset):
result = 0
for value in surroundingset:
if int(value) % 2 == 0:
result += int(value)
else:
result -= int(value);
return result
# can get all surrounding values from a coordinate and returns it in a list
# this is where i stranded...
def getSurroundingValues(self, x, y):
vals = []
if (self.recordset[x-1][y-1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x-1][y-1])
if (self.recordset[x][y-1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x][y-1])
if (self.recordset[x+1][y-1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x+1][y-1])
if (self.recordset[x-1][y] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x-1][y])
if (self.recordset[x+1][y] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x+1][y])
if (self.recordset[x-1][y+1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x-1][y+1])
if (self.recordset[x][y+1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x][y+1])
if (self.recordset[x+1][y+1] != None):
vals.append(self.recordset[x+1][y+1])
return vals
#the game:
PATTERN_ONE = """83 17 48 41 50 85 56 98 87 20 38 12 76 11 89
27 47 15 38 45 14 79 74 42 85 16 14 41 91 78
70 60 82 47 12 82 27 44 42 21 41 25 65 68 11
51 59 88 54 17 14 87 81 87 33 68 18 84 40 95
52 12 91 66 35 13 43 24 59 23 25 92 67 31 89
66 95 53 89 71 13 31 35 25 31 30 89 51 88 22
60 11 93 10 45 82 99 11 84 55 13 79 20 65 80
70 44 12 49 92 39 32 22 55 58 16 46 69 96 48
49 52 30 45 68 45 62 85 99 89 43 11 65 52 31
13 38 81 96 19 88 14 74 12 47 88 45 93 74 64
24 40 46 63 99 35 55 94 41 66 78 66 77 27 96
25 62 36 67 36 48 71 34 75 41 21 65 24 48 45
16 73 71 80 59 59 25 28 30 57 83 42 89 76 74
40 20 96 86 46 87 90 40 55 39 72 92 98 76 37
89 99 41 95 56 96 99 83 71 23 10 63 73 94 56"""
cm = AreaMax(PATTERN_ONE)
print cm.calculate()
